Peninsula (Qatar)

DOHA • An estimated 20 percent of students in the schools under the Ministry of Education (MoE) are unable to get along with their teachers in the school. Nearly 19 percent of the students of Private Arabic schools and 16 percent of Independent School students face similar problem, an annual report released by the Evaluation Institute of Supreme Education Council (SEC) revealed.

DOHA • The Qatar University- sponsored ‘First Childhood Conference' got off here yesterday with a call for greater involvement of parents in Qatar's Early Education system.

Doha • A number of internationally renowned Muslim educators and artists are to take part in the Doha Academy's 5th Educational Conference entitled: 'Innovative Approaches in Education'. The conference aims to highlight the challenges today's educators face and put forward approaches for practical solutions through an Islamic perspective and thus making further contribution to the educational reforms already underway in Qatar.

Doha • The Supreme Education Council in Qatar, within its strategy to develop education in the state, has opened 64 schools in various stages so far.

DOHA • Students in Qatar, particularly boys, spend more time watching television and playing electronic games compared to their counterparts in many other countries across the globe, according to the newly-released International Literacy Study (PIRLS) report.

UNITED NATIONS • With the rate of autism increasing dramatically, Qatar is spearheading adoption of a UN resolution that would designate April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day starting next

Doha • American School of Doha's (ASD) newly floated 'EduCare' forum, with the support of Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) and HSBC, began a two-day symposium on ‘Environmental Education', yesterday.

Doha • Shortage of qualified teachers is a major challenge facing the Independent Schools in Qatar, a senior official of the Supreme Education Council (SEC) said here yesterday.

Doha • The Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov yesterday expressed admiration of the remarkable evolution of educational development in Qatar, saying that he was very much impressed with the

DOHA • Cisco System International BV, the global network solution providers, has set up its Regional Networking Academy at the College of Engineering, Qatar University (QU).

Doha • “Islamism” and “political Islam” are not monolithic ideas and they are as diverse as other contemporary trends in the Islamic world, says a prominent Muslim scholar and intellectual from ..............

In an inaugural speech after opening the Intergenerational High Level Conference of the Islamic Conference Youth Forum here yesterday, Sheikha Mozah said: “To support you is to challenge you.

Doha • The Brookings Institution announced yesterday that it will open a centre for public policy research and current affairs programming in Doha, the first Brookings facility in the Islamic world.

DOHA • If Qatar wants to hold sway over its labour market, the country must have its focus on vocational education and post-school training, said an expert.

doha • The rate of unemployment among Qatari women is high although more females graduate every year, a Qatari woman planning expert told a seminar here yesterday.